If you click on a photo in any of the mini photo galleries below, you will be able to see a larger version and see the photos in slide show format.
Seasons Exhibition
The Hub, Reigate
30 September 2025 to 28 October 2025
Julia Gahagan Small Quilts
check out her Etsy and Facebook pages
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Our Resplendence Exhibition runs from November 2024 to 7 January 2025 (please see our events page for more details). This is a fabulous exhibition of work from our own mmbers:
At our October meeting, Gail Lawther, quilter, textile artist, author
and speaker/tutor took us on a Trip Around the World, showcasing
her quilts inspired by her travels.
On Tuesday, 10 September 2024, Amanda Cobbett gave a very
informative talk titled 'Embroidering The Forest Floor' and below is a
picture of Amanda and her very life like work.
On 14 August 2024 we held a Marvellous Makers Craft Afternoon at Reigate Library as part of their Summer Reading Challenge. Children could stitch a bookmark or book cover.
Below are the first few photos from our own, East Surrey Textile Group
Exhibition running at The Hub from 3 July to 19 August 2024 - for more details please see our Events page.
On Saturday 15 June, we held two embroidery taster sessions at Reigate Library as part of Reigate Summer Festival. During the morning, a group of children made decorative elephants and during the afternoon, adults stitched paradise birds:
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Diana McKinnon was our speaker on 11 June - Photographic Inspiration. Diana manipulates and deconstructs fabric which she then works on to create a variety of pictures based upon her photographs. Below are some pictures of her work:
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Hot off the press! Pictures from our exhibition from 2 to 6 May 2024 at St Lawrence Ancient Church, Caterham on the Hill - photos courtesy of Jennifer and Heidi. Click on a photo to see them in slide show format
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On 13 April, Margaret Beal held a Fusing Fabric workshop using a fine tipped soldering iron. Here are a few pictures from that workshop
Pictures from the Craft Afternoon for children at Reigate Library during the school holidays on Thursday, 11 April 2024 - we were too busy to take many photos, but a good time was had by all...
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Images of Stephanie Smart's work, all costumes made from paper
and thread - our speaker on 9 April 2024 (photographs by Ray Sullivan)
and some more photos of Stephanie's work taken by Carol
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Work from our own, ESTG 'Seeing Red' Exhibition in December 2023:
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Sally Roberson talking on May Morris -her life and work (November 2023)
Mary McIntosh - Life's a bleach (October 2023)
Talk by Sonja Galsworthy - September 2023
Catherine Lawes
Bird Applique Workshop with Kate Findlay
AGM Show and Tell by Membership
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Guest Speaker Rebecca Offredi Goldwork
 Rebecca Offredi'S - goldwork headpiece |  Rebecca Offredi'S - 3D crown |
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Jan Allston and her quilts
 West Indes quilt |  Second blue quilt |
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 S American quilt |  Round the World Magellan Quilt |
 Jan Allston |  Geometric sample from blue & white quilt |